Apollo Theatre, Newport
10 February 2018
Don't dress for dinner - Marc Camoletti’s comedy has all the earmarks
of classic French farce: marital infidelity, misunderstandings and
mistaken identities. Perfect for a fun night out!
The team at The Apollo did it again... A marvellous evening of live
Theatre on the Isle of Wight. Great production, a very strong cast and
perfect comedy timing. We giggled our way through the performance and
left with big smiles.
The story goes a little like this: Bernard is planning a romantic weekend with his chic Parisian
mistress in his charming converted French farmhouse, whilst his wife,
Jacqueline, is away. He has arranged for a cordon bleu cook to prepare
gourmet delights, and has invited his best friend, Robert, along too to
provide the alibi. It’s foolproof; what could possibly go wrong? Well …
suppose Robert turns up not realising quite why he has been invited.
Suppose Robert and Jacqueline are secret lovers, and consequently
determined that Jacqueline will NOT leave for the weekend. Suppose the
cook has to pretend to be the mistress and the mistress is unable to
cook. Suppose everyone’s alibi gets confused with everyone else’s. An
evening of hilarious confusion ensues as Bernard and Robert improvise at
breakneck speed. This boulevard comedy was a smash hit in Paris, where it played for
over two years, and in London, where it ran for six years at the Apollo
and Duchess Theatres. It has since played in theatres all over the USA
and the English speaking world and was revived in Chicago and on
Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre in 2012.
9 out of 10
